01918cam a2200253 4500 127394042 TxAuBib 20130208120000.0 110130t20112010||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780767931311 pbk. 0767931319 pbk. BTCTA eng BTCTA YDXCP KP9 NHA SMSCL TxAuBib Steinberg, Avi. Running the books [(PB)] : the adventures of an accidental prison librarian / Avi Steinberg. 1st Anchor Books ed. New York : Anchor Books, 2011. ©2010. 399 p. ; 21 cm. Part 1: Undelivered -- 1. Up & up and low low -- 2. Books are not mailboxes -- Part 2: Delivered -- 3: Dandelion polenta -- 4: Delivered -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments. From the publisher: Avi Steinberg is stumped. After defecting from yeshiva to attend Harvard, he has nothing but a senior thesis on Bugs Bunny to show for himself. While his friends and classmates advance in the world, Steinberg remains stuck at a crossroads; his "romantic" existence as a freelance obituary writer is no longer cutting it. Seeking direction (and dental insurance), Steinberg takes a job running the library counter at a Boston prison. He is quickly drawn into the community of outcasts that forms among his bookshelves - an assortment of quirky regulars, including con men, pimps, minor prophets, even ghosts - all searching for the perfect book and a connection to the outside world. Steinbrg recounts their daily dramas with heartbreak and humor in this one-of-a-kind memoir - a piercing exploration of prison culture and an entertaining tale of one young man's earnest attempt to find his place in the world. 20190121. Steinberg, Avi. Prison librarians Massachusetts Boston Biography.